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Giants Have Four Extra Days To Study Bucs

In one of the cruel twists to the 2012 NFL schedule, the New York Giants opened last night and now have four extra days to prepare to play the Bucs in New Jersey on Sept. 16.

Joe doesn’t think this benefits the Bucs one bit, expecially with the Giants now 0-1.

Watching the Giants lose last night, Joe couldn’t help but be grateful that the Bucs leapfrogged New York in the first round of the draft to snag Doug Martin, leaving the Giants with weepy, slippery fingers David Wilson.

Man Wilson sucked!! He still have the fumbling problem he had in college. He was even worst on kick return taking out of the end zone and only making it to the 15 twice? He looked like the 4.4 he was a lie.

A) It allows players a few extra days to rest up
B) Coaches will get opportunity to watch the game live, take notes as needed, then review coaches tape on Monday/Tuesday
C) Coaches/Players will get a couple days to work on “bread and butter” plays
D) I’m sure coaches and players will be reviewing the first half of preseason games 2 and 3, looking for player tendencies that can tip the type of play that’s coming
E) I’m sure they’ll be looking at some Rutgers/UNC film to try to get a hint of the defense that will ultimately be playing against, especially if there are any similarities.

Even though we can’t change the schedule, if I was given the choice, I’d rather the Giants not have the extra 4 days, regardless how much is known or not known about the types of schemes we’ll be running.

Giving the SB champs what amounts to a bye week to prepare for the Bucs without having to travel is very generous. This keeps my early 2013 expectations lower than Mo Claiborne’s Wonderlic score. Kidding of course….he looked pretty decent last night but I truly believe he was a better fit for the Cowboy’s scheme and Barron is more of what the Bucs’ needed at this time.

As robert said our o line is going to have a real problem handling that pass rush but I called the boys beating the giants last night for the same reason that gives me hope for the bucs. The giants d is a one trick pony, the secondary and linebacking core ride the d lines coattails. If we can somehow figure out a way to manage the pass rush we have a shot.

I think what we seen last night was the giants just getting warmed up. They generally dont start out the season strong but dam sure finish strong. The cowboys didnt really look good the Giants beat themselves with sloppy play as opposed to the cowboys just playing better. I’m glad we are facing them in week 2 instead of week 16. But this game as well as the season will be determined by how well we play in the trenches. That is our weakness on both sides of the ball.

really nice to have 20/20 hindsight, huh. noone thought jpp was going to do what he has done, not even the giants. you are some act miguel payasito. i think that act is illegal though once you cross the border.

The Giants are very beatable. Their offense sputtered and their secondary is substantially injured at this point. The 4 days of studying are unimportant but the 4 days of having their injured corner backs worked on with their trainers could make a difference.

I enjoy the comments about Claiborne. He looked alright in coverage but when Bradshaw came at him on the TD he could barely get a hand on him let alone tackle. Laughable. The Cowboys are going to have to give Claiborne help every play just so he can get somebody to the ground with a gang tackle. Maybe between Jenkins and Claiborne they can combine to make one player that is a below average tackler.

Butch Davis was a hell of a coach, but not so much as a talent evaluator….i don’t know why everyone thinks he will have such an integral role in finding the right pieces for this team. Remember, this is the guy who picked the legendary William Green over his very own Clinton Portis. How did that work out?

I know there are draft misses every year, and I’m not trying to be negative a la Thomas and Miguel….I’m just saying lets temper the enthusiasm in regards to Butch’s scouting/talent evaluation abilities.

I think the right move was made to jump and get Martin…Wilson may be flashier, but Martin will be more consistent and reliable. I think Wilson will have a good career. I just feel terrible that he fumbled early and was caught crying on national TV in his debut. He needs to control his emotions better and learn to not ride the emotional roller coaster.

Laughable, reminded me of Deon Sanders. Their other corner Carr whiffed on a tackle as well. Hehe.

@Big Marlon

When Miguel don’t join in with the Amen Chorus it’s being negative. Does Grande have to check his IQ at the door when entering this site?

@Lurker

I know this concept may be incomprehensible to you but we are not all in the same time zone as you. I just ask that the Rockstar might skip playing golf on Saturday and actually attend a live football game in CITS Stadium where he might have tripped across a future NFL Hall of Famer.

He then could have done some fancy footwork, which he loves to do, dropped back 10 spots, maybe picked an extra 2nd rounder as well as a genuine disruptor. Not a Gaines Adams disruptor but a Warren Sapp type.